Pass book



H. H. HILL PASS BOOK Filed Oct. 9, 1956 IHHlIIl Y Nov. 16, 1937.

Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE PASS BOOK Hughes HalHill, Augusta, Ga.

Application October 9, 1936, Serial No. 104,891

slips, credit tickets and vouchers of all sorts affecting the account.

Other objects are to improve the construction of pass books, to enablethe ready identification of the account, and to facilitate the use ofindividual printing plates in connection with the keeping of recordspertaining to savings and other accounts.

Further aims and advantages of the invention appear in connection withthe following description of illustrative embodiments thereof, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a front viewof a portion of a preferred form of savings bank pass book;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view of a part of the inside cover of a bank pass book ofslightly modied construction;

Figs. 4 and 5 are cross-sections of the same on the lines 4 4 and 5 5,respectively of Fig. 3, drawn to a larger scale; and

Fig. 6 is a view of a printing plate suitable for use with my invention.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the pass book I isprovided with front and back covers II, I2, and blank pages I3 formaking notations of the various kinds customary in the business to whichthe account relates.

The front cover I I has secured to its inside face by means of cement,adhesive tape I8 or other suitable means, a thin metal plate I4 bearingthe name and number of the raccount or other identifying matter orinformation useful in connection with the business. Preferably thisidentification plate is located behind an opening I vin the cover so asto be visible from the outside.

, The name and other matter desired for record I1 is secured to theinside face of the cover in anyV suitable manner, as by adhesive alongtwo or more oppositeedges, so as to overlie the printing plate andenable the latter to make a permanent record when impressed on a check,slip or voucher.

A roller or press actuated inany convenient manner may be utilized formaking the impression. This copying strip is readily replaced when itbecomes unserviceable from use, as it is only necessary to strip it olfand put on another.

In the form of device illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the identificationplate I4 is secured in a recess IS made for it in the edge of theopening in the cover, and the copying strip I1 is mounted on a strip 2Dof cardboard or celluloid which normally covers and protects the raisedcharacters onV rthe plate but which can be slipped lengthwise in itspocket or guideway 2I within the cover to position the copying stripover the raised characters for printing.

The invention is applicable to all systems cornprising individual passbooks and loose tickets or card records wherein the holder of the passbook is required to present the same when making a transaction toidentify the account, as it enables the ticket and card or other loosememorandum` of the transaction to be printed with the correctidentication'means, thus avoiding error.

Other forms and modes of attachment of the identification plate andcopying strip may readily be substituted for those shown, and theinvention is not restricted to the particular forms illustrated. Themanner of use of the plate Will depend upon the system of which it is apart, as

Will be obvious to those skilled in the banking and accounting art uponseeing the invention.

I claim the following:

1. A pass book containing pages for entering items relating to anindividual account comprising front and back covers, one of said coversbe- Yinking means at the identification characters to permit the latterto be imprinted on a sheet Within said book. f

3. A pass book containing pages for entering items relating to anindividual account comprising front and back covers, one of said coversbeing vformed to receive a printing plate bearing identicationcharacters corresponding to the account, said cover also carrying aslide provided with inking means for the printing characters and adaptedto be shifted from normal position covering said characters to aposition exposing said identcation characters to permit the latter to beimprinted on a sheet within said book.

HUGHES HAL l-IILL.v

